The United States President Barack Obama made a personal appeal to the two governments to have the "courage to return to the table and negotiate" peacefully to end ongoing ... Read more »
The United Nations Security Council says it may consider targeted sanctions against the leaders and supporters of the military coup. Read more »
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has decided to suspend Guinea Bissau until constitutional order has been restored. Read more »
Despite agreeing to hand power back to civilians, following a coup in March, the military junta is set to retain an oversight role in the country's transition. Read more »
The international community ought to think carefully about how best to engage with the potentially new African country known as Azawad, an expert writes. Read more »
The UN is considering imposing sanctions against Sudan and South Sudan after the African Union mediation team warned that hardliners are gaining ground. Read more »
While the country has suffered under Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, similar atrocities are a reality in neighbouring countries, says the government. Read more »
As President Omar Al-Bashir says Sudan is not prepared to resume negotiations unless troops are withdrawn from Heglig, South Sudan is reporting the capture of prisoners of war. Read more »
Twelve months' worth of "international diplomatic failure and facile moral and diplomatic equivocation" may soon be paid in blood by hundreds of thousands of civilians in Sudan and ... Read more »
The United Nations has intensified military patrols in the areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in a bid to arrest leader Joseph Kony and his indicted commanders. Read more »
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